Association Of Aggression And Injury Of Field Event Athletes: In Case Of Some Selected Athletics Clubs Of Oromia Special Zone Surrounding Finfinne

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the association of aggression and Injury of field event athletes: in case of some selected Oromia special zone surrounding Finfinnee athletics clubs. The study area was Burayu, Sebeta and Legaxafo athletics clubs which were found in Oromia special Zone Surrounding Finfinne and this were selected using purposive sampling technique. The researcher was used cross sectional research design. The total population from those clubs were forty four athletes (N=44), and 6 coaches, of which were athletes sampled (n =44) was determined by census sampling technique. The Instruments prepared for data collection were questionnaires for athletes (n=44) and interview for coaches (n=6). The collected data were analyzed by descriptive statistics including frequency and percentage and Pearson correlation analysis was used to analysis the relationship between aggression level and injury of athletes using SPSS v20. The descriptive results shows that the aggression level of athletes were higher so as injuries too and Pearson correlation result also indicates that there is no significant value between the aggression level and reported injuries. Results of the analysis between aggression and injury of athletes are 0.50 >0.05 with anger and 0.694 >0.05 with aggressiveness at 95% confidence level or the relationship between aggression and injury is insignificant in general. The finding of the study indicates that even though there were higher reported number of athletes’ aggression and injuries there was no association between them specifically on some selected field event athletes of Oromia special zone surrounding Finfinne athletics clubs. Therefore, the researcher recommended that the means of minimizing and preventing aggression and injuries should be introduced, for further testing of an association between variables other researchers should conduct in-depth studies involving higher number of participants samples and by looking into variety of possible factors.